BOOT STRAPS

Reconcilation

"Your chubby toes..." He said as he turned around to face me. He let out a gasp as his gaze fell upon my braided hair."Wow! You look good !" He trudged towards me and trailed his hands through my hair.

"Easy, it still hurts." I chuckled as I watched him admire my hair.

"You're gonna rock Hawaii with this hair." He said in a girlish tone as he winked at me.

"I know." I wave my hands in the air in style which made both of us laugh.

"I'm famished, please tell me you've prepared dinner." He looked really tired and his eyes were looking pale probably due to stress.

"Of course I did, c'mon let's eat." I took his hands and dragged him to the dinning.

"By the way nice job with the cleaning." He complimented me as he looked around while I dragged him.

He told me about his day as we ate, he had a really stressful day because he had to round up some work meant for next week because of the vacation.

"So with all the work done, I could have a peaceful vacay." He smiled as he chewed on his food.

"That's great."

"So how did your day with Becky go ?"I cringed at the question which made me stop chewing on my food.

"Uhm, it was good we got so many clothes and we got our hair done. It was going fine until..." My faked smile was wearing off as I looked down at my plate.

"What happened ?! Andre again?!" He reached out for my hands and tried to look at my face that was down.

"No, my parents. My dad is back with my mom and from what I saw I think they've been together for a while." I leaned back into my seat as I let out a huge sigh.

"Oh that..." He put on an awkward look and I was confused as to why he wasn't surprised.

"What do you mean “oh that” ?!" I asked him as I made air quotes with my hands.

"Well, I've kinda known about it for a while." He tilted his head sideways while he shut one of his eyes in shame.

"What?! How ?!" I charged as I pushed my plate further away from me.

"Your dad told me." He said with his lips pursed. He was putting up a fearful attitude because he knew how angry I would be after this.

"So you mean to tell me you're having conversations with my dad behind my back."  I narrowed my eyes at him while throwing him a strong glare.

"I had to, after the cafe incident. I needed to know more about your relationship with your dad. He seemed pretty distressed so I wanted to find out more." He rushed his words as he explained to me.

"I've explained everything you needed to know already, why still bulge ?!" I snarled at him as I got up from where I sat.

"Because he needed someone to hear him out and you didn't give him that chance." He also got up from his seat and his face showed he was worried and concerned.

"And what makes you think you're the right person to do the hearing! Drake you're interfering with my family life, stay out of it !" I turned away from him swiftly making my way towards the stairs.

"They've been together for a month now." His words made me stop amid steps.

"What did you say ?" I said as I turned around slowly.